Sales building



F. P. DOUSE SALES BUILDING March 31, 1925. 1,53l,434

Filed Sept. 27. 1924 2 sheets-sheet March 31, 1925. l,531,434

. F. P. DoUsE SALES BUILDING Filed Sept. 427. 1924 2 Shets-Sheet 2 i I; I I i i 4. ,a a;

Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

FRANK P. DOUSE, OF ENID, OKLAHOMA.

Application filed September To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. DOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Enid. in the County of Garfield and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sales Buildings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to buildings, and particularly to buildings designed for displaying and Selling goods.

One of the objects of'the invention is to provide a building which has entrances in four directions and which has a central selling space within which the salcsman stands, separated from the lobbies, as they may be tcrmed, by counters, the space between the lobbies being arranged to provide show win'- dows for display purposes.

A further object is to provide a Construction of this character so designed' that all goods for sale are located in such a way thatone person can easily wait upon a customer entering any door in a minimum of time.

A still further object is to provide a building so constructed that at night the roof, when lighted by electric lights, will make the location of the building plainly evident from some distance, the roof being of such Construction as to make the building particularly conspicuous.

Another object is to provide a building which is particularly suitable to be placed upon a lot partially or entirely surrounded by drives, the building being so constructed that a person may enter from any side of the building and immediately observe and ascertain the contents of the entire building from any door which he may enter. i

Other objects will appear in the course o the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whareinz Figure constructed ip accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 -is a top plan view of the build- Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; t

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2;

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that the building which I have ,designed is 1 is an elevation of a sales building SALES BUILDING..

27, 1924. Serial no. 740373.

octagonal in plane. The walls of the building 10 are formedto provide four entrance lobbies 11 defined by walls 12, the lobbies being designated 13. Between these lobbies are located the window recesses 14 having the usual windows 15. The inner ends of the lobbies are defined by show cases 16, the extremities of which are deflected relative to the middle portion of the show case wall, as it may be termed, as at 17, so as to form assages 18 leading to the show windows. he square space 19 at the center of the building which is defined by the show cases 16 forms the space in which the salesman works, and the passages 18, it will be seen, lead to the show window spaces 14.

As shown in Figure 3, the show cases 16 preferably rest upon cement or marble bases 20, and preferably these show cases are entirely of glass so that a Customer walking in through the entrance 11 can see the goods to be sold in the show cases and by looking across the space 19 may sec in the opposite show cases various articles which are on sale. The side walis of the show window space 14 are defined preferably by a series of stepped shelves 21 upon which articles may be displayed. A platform 22 extending between these stepped shelves 21 will, of course, constitute a. floor for the show window upon which goods may be displayed and at the same time the salesman has ready access to each show window to secure therefrom any goods which he may desire or to dress the windows.

I do not wish to be limited to any particular details of Construction, as my invention lies not in the particular manner of constructing the building, that is the structural features itself, but in the plan thereof, except as regards the roof which, as illustrated in Figure 1, is octagonal in plan to correspond with the octagonal ground plan of the building itself and is preferably pyramidal so as to provide eight upwardly slo-ping faces 23 terminating in an ornamental flag pole or finial 24. Mounted upon' this finial or pole is a hood 25 having electric lights 26 beneath the hood which cast a relatively strong light upon the sloping faces of the roof so as to make the roof stand out conspicuously. Thus the roof acts as an advertisement of the building or as an indication to the location of the buildmg,

and obvio-usly if this style of building i they would preferably branch of merchandise as, for instance, automobile oods, accessories, oil, etc., the building an the particular goods will become identified with each other. If, for instance, one company should put up these buildings and use them as filling and accessory stations for automobiles, the buildings would be all of the same size and construction, be of concrete, and thus not only would they become identified in the'public mind with a certain company and with certain goods sold therein, but the buildin s would be produced at a minimum rice. rimarily the buildin is designed or use as a filling station an for the sale of automobile accessories, but they could also contain goods and necessities that the ordinary automobile traveler would need.

l Obviously these buildings may be used for the sale for groceries,"foodstufl's, notions, or any one of numerous lines that might be suitable for small or medium sized buildings. It is to be understood that various changes 'may be made in the proportions and arrangements of the parts without departing. from the sco e of the invention as defined in the appen ed claims. For example, the building walls should preferably be not more than six or eight inches in thickness whereas the show-cases should preferably have a depth of eighteen inches or more.

Furthermore, there is preferably a swinging case, as indicated at. 16 (Figure 2) between one of the outer lobbies and the inner lobby in order to permitingress and egress to and from the center lobby or floor space.

I claim 1. A building having an equal number of sides, the building being formed to provide alternate entranceways and show windows, there being a space, central relative to the -entranceways and show windows, for a salesman and'said space being` separated from the entranceways by show cases defining a lobby inward of each entranceway.

2. A building having many sides and formed to provide alternate lobbies and show window spaces, there being anentranceway into each lobby from the' exterior V of the building and the inner end of 'each lobby being defined by show cases, the show cases definng a central Selling space and being formed to rovide passageways leading to the inner cn' s of each of the ,show window spaces.

3. A building having many sides and formed to provide altemate lobbies and show window spaces there being an entranceway into each lobby from the exterior .of the buildin and the .inner end of each lobby being de ned by show cases, the show cases defining a central Selling space and being for-med. to provide passagewa s leading to the inner ends of each of t e show window spaces, the sides of the 'show window spaces being formed by steppe'd shelving;

4. A building having many sides and formed to provide alternate lobbies and show window spaces, tranceway into each lobby from the exterior ofthe building and the inner end of each lobby beingdefined by show cases, the show cases defining a central Selling space and being formed to provide passageways leading to the inner ends of each of the show window spaces, the sides of the show window spaces being formed by stepped shelving, the show cases constitutin the walls at,the rear ends of the lobbies being entirely' of glass whereby a person entering any one of the lobbies may observe the goods contained in all of the show cases. i

5. A building eight-sidedin plan to provide fo-ur relatively large lobbies, each having an 'entrance opening and eight intermediate window spaces between the lobbies, the rear en'd of each lobby, being defined by show cases, the tops of l which constitute counters, the show cases rearward of each lobby 'at their ends being deflected and extending to the rear ends of the window spaces to thereby define passa es leading to t e window spaces, the space 'defined by the show cases constituting a Selling space,.the sides of the show windows being formed by stepped shelving.

In testimony signature.

FRANK P. DousE.

there being an enwhereof I hereunto aflix my 

